Survived the family vacation…yes the whole extended in-law family vacation. We will just leave it at my husband and I have veeeeeeerrrrrrrry different life styles and politics than most of his family so it is a balancing act. But we survived and had some fun without anyone leaving early, swearing allegiance to a new family down the block, or divulging any deep deep, but perhaps entertaining, family secrets…such as who was actually born with a tail. I guess you can’t get everything. (My money is on the sister.) And no one came home Aunt Edna style.

We went to Cape May. It is pretty much a sleepy little Victorian beach town. Any hoooo, while I was there it was my birthday. And guess what the hubbaronni got me? Carbon Offsets. (I can’t even imagine what the rest of the family thought. Let’s just say they weren’t seething with jealousy.) Wow…I thought…does he actually listen to a portion of my rambles? All this time I thought he was just staring at me waiting for me to be quiet long enough to reach for a booby without seeming like an insensitive pig or to tell me that one of the boys has created poop art.

Okay…now for the information you probably actually care about. My husband purchased carbon offsets from Climate Friendly . He offset all of our traveling, including air travel, and our car use for the year. Pretty cool, no? The website has a neat little calculator to help you figure out your personal damage as well as more detailed information about the projects they support with the money. If you are thinking about doing offsets for yourself or as a gift for that hard to please crunchy loved one in your life I suggest you give it a glance.

***Also while we were away we had friends take our CSA share. Now they are hooked and will probably join next year. Mooooohaaaaaahaaaaa….the first share is free but just when you get a taste of the peaches…we make you sign over your soul. Mooohahhhahhha. (Okay…maybe just make you agree to hand out veggies.)****

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